There is an enormous amount of resources pertaining to 2009 H1N1 that has come to light in the last week. Here are a few that might be of interest to your school:
Hooray for Handwashing
http://ow.ly/AIXB
Background information on health and hygiene, a story, posters and poems for children.
CDC Posters
http://www.cdc.gov/germstopper/materials.htm
Available in 9 languages - Be a Germ Stopper, Healthy Habits, Cover Your Cough [pdf]
Larry Ferlazzo's List - Swine Flu
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/04/25/the-best-sites-for-learning-about-the-swine-flu-outbreak/
Additions are made frequently. This blog has many other very good lists on other topics so you might wish to poke around when you're there.
Manitoba Education, Citizenship & Youth - Plan
http://www.gov.mb.ca/health/documents/pandemic_school.pdf
Manitoba school divisions and the province have addressed the worst case scenario with this document [pdf]
Health Map
http://healthmap.org/en
Global disease alerts for infectious diseases around the world. You can apply filters to restrict information to particular diseases. Lower on the page, you'll find related links to the latest news.
CBC News Item - Is there too much hype? - Video
http://bit.ly/HDTFX
Is there justified concern or is there too much hype about the potential of H1N1 to become a pandemic? The media looks at the media, once again.
Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health
http://bit.ly/OlN6o
The centre, in Winnipeg, houses one of two virology labs in North America that are playing a major role in today's events. This link will lead you to interesting photos and podcasts.
Any other items you think we shouldn't miss ? ? Please comment here.
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